He still 20/1 POTY B365. Ive seen much worse 20/1 shouts. He started at 40/1 and has been backed heavily according to Oddschecker

Its been a while since a defender has won it (Terry 2005 season), the media fawn over him(rightly so), he is widely considered best defender in the league and he has helped transformed our defence, turning us into absolute misers

Ahead of him are Sterling, Kane, Aguero, Silva(Fave), Hazard with Salah same odds as VVD

Silva might get a giggsy type vote but its hard to win in a team like City

He was absolutely livid and charging towards the ref when one of the Burnley players caught Keita with a late challenge. Was great to see that. Resonates strongly with what he said previously about learning from the PSG players

He is clearly better than Hyppia but we judge a lot of players on hardware, which I guess is fair enough because we are not one of the 'its the taking part that counts' type of clubs, we exist to win trophies. Hopefully he wins some stuff and we can put this to bed

20/1 POTY. We would need to be still chasing in the league but if we are when the voting is cast he has a very legit shot

Got him and Alisson both at 33/1 in the summer.

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I'm actually rather confident about it, of course on the proviso that we are leading/chasing in the league by time votes cast.

All the attacking player it is much of a muchness between them. They are all top quality but the gap from the best to the second is not as vast as the gap from VVD and whoever is considered 2nd best defender in the keague (based on this seasons form)

The only thing he is missing is goals. Sami contributed 3-5 goals a season for us, and hopefully Virgil can start doing that as well, considering how good he is in the air, he's been rather unlucky for us this season.

The only thing he is missing is goals. Sami contributed 3-5 goals a season for us, and hopefully Virgil can start doing that as well, considering how good he is in the air, he's been rather unlucky for us this season.

He could have had a hat-trick against Arsenal.

He's got it in him. It will come.

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The lack of goals is not for the lack of trying. He has been unlucky for us while getting all the good fortune when playing for the Dutch national team. He needs one to go in then subsequent goals will follow. Like Klopp, he was a striker before, he knows where the goal is

Said it in another thread, but I reckon the cat's out of the bag here. Hendo isn't a certain starter anymore and even when he does start, he isn't world class in the manner in which Van Dijk and Alisson are. And while Hendo is clearly an outstanding leader off the pitch, I just don't see him having the same authority on it.

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The chants for Kenny Dalglish that were heard again on Wednesday do not necessarily mean that the fans see him as the saviour. This is not Newcastle, longing for the return of Kevin Keegan. Simply, Dalglish represents everything Hodgson is not and, in fairness, everything Hodgson could or would not hope to be.

Not in the league he didn't, his best ever PL tally was 4 in 03/04. After that season his goals tally was 2-1-2-1-1 in the league.

Virgil's only in the door, am sure the goals will come for him.

To be fair in some of the later years he didnít play as many games but 35 goals in 10 years was a pretty decent contribution.

Like you say the goals will come with Virgil, heís always a threat when we manage a good delivery from corners. But while a few goals would be nice I donít think it devalues him in any way because of his immense contribution to the defence and team overall.